Secondary
Biddenham International School and Sports College
Biddenham Turn, Bedford, MK40 4AZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1422 of 1500 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.0
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Sixth form
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 103.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 140.5
- Pupils per adult
- 9.6
- Pupils
- 1,353
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2024
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
36%
8 points below the Bedford average (44% across 13 schools)
42.1
3.1 below the Bedford average (45.2 across 13 schools)
12th of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bedford we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 |
| Entered the EBacc | 16% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.55 |
| A level students | 77 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37% |
| 22/23 | 30% |
| 23/24 | 28% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.3 |
| 22/23 | 26.4 |
| 23/24 | 25.3 |
| 24/25 | 28.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.33 |
| 22/23 | +0.29 |
| 23/24 | +0.12 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 45.6 |
| 22/23 | 41.4 |
| 23/24 | 40.4 |
| 24/25 | 42.1 |
Biddenham Turn, Bedford, MK40 4AZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bedford admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- David Bailey
- Address
- Biddenham Turn, Bedford, MK40 4AZ
- Telephone
- 01234342521